"I was raised Jewish. So let us ask, Am I still Jewish???
I am NOT Jewish in the sense that if you define Jewish as a religion, the the fact that I do not do Judaism (or any religion) makes me NOT Jewish!! And "Jewish" is just a label I…"

"The reasons you are not able to feel what you are missing due to your circumcision and why you think you are unaffected by getting part of your body cut off is for the same kind of reasons why color blind people are unable to see why their eyesight…"

"Actually, I grew up in the USA and moved to Israel 10 years ago. In 1952, the doctor automatically did the procedure, because it was commonly done then. (When I was 18, I became religous and had a "do over", which was just having a drop of…"

"Of course I can laugh at nonsense. "To keep boys from masterbating"? LOL!!!
And now you devolve into the same false-equivilance that PETA uses "eating meat is murder!". For females, the process is done to mutilate the clitoris…"

"I meant that you grew up in the bubble of Israeli Culture, and in the bubble of Israeli culture, cutting part of male people's bodies off is considered good or neutral, while other very similar behaviors like cutting off parts of female…"

"Stop laughing. You have no right to have an opinion about male genital mutilation for the same reason nobody will let you have an opinion about Jerry Sandusky's conviction for rear-end raping boys in Lockers rooms. Jerry Sandusky was an…"

"The very fact that you have people in this forum attests to a need to bond with others of similar experiences or likes. While we have rejected the idea of a God, that the Torah is True, and that the stories are nothing more than literature, it does…"

"Um...I am not sure where this explanation came from, but I can guarentee you, based on the memories of my youth, that it didn't work!
I had a could couple of minutes laugh. Thanks! :D
Actually, many ancient civilizations…"

"You don't need secular Judaism or any religion. Just abandon all this Jewish and Judaism nonsense and fine a life that doesn't revolve around any particular religion or culture. Find a few hobbies or fun activities you like to do, alone…"

"I eat fruit. And sometimes fish. I don't eat anything that is gross. I don't eat totally raw fish, after all, this is the "be as healthy as possible diet", not the "lets see how much you can gross yourself…"

"But, okay, since you went there I'll play. You said: "you should not play with or cook the stuff that goes into your GI tract."
So, you rant on about folks "spewing buddha stuff" yet you yourself apparently…"

Cecilia's Blog

This article from BBC points out on of my pet peeves. And highlights what I think is lacking in sex education. My two sons were fortunate to go through a school system that provided comprehensive sex ed, however, their education was not as comprehensive as it should have been. When it came time to talk about birth control it was condoms,… Continue

A friendly 'Hi' to Cecilia Kalish from Virginia.
We are pleased to welcome you here among the sensible, rational people of this world.

This is the greatest atheist meeting place with its 14,000 bright people like you who recognise religion for the superstition and brainwashing fraud that it is---
and that gods are only fictions inside people's heads.